Community people: John Montgomery and Kara ShafferJohn Montgomery, chairman of the Scholarship Committee for Post No. 20 of the American Legion, recently presented a $500 scholarship to Kara Shaffer, graduate of Russellville High School. Kara is the daughter of Eddie and Kristi Shaffer of Russellville and will attend Arkansas Tech University in the fall. The Legion awards a scholarship annually to an academically deserving student with veteran connection. THE COURIER / Submitted

Community people: Pope County Sheriff Shane Jones, Elizabeth Hunnicutt and Jennifer Lackie.THE COURIER / Submitted The co-leads of Relay For Life of Pope, Yell and Conway counties, Elizabeth Hunnicutt and Jennifer Lackie, recently presented Pope County Sheriff Shane Jones and the members of the Stan Maxwell Memorial Golf Tournament with a plaque of appreciation for their donations to the American Cancer Society. This year the annual golf fundraiser raised $14,714.80.

Community people: Russellville Muse Literary MagazineTHE COURIER / Submitted The Russellville High School Muse Literary Magazine program recently received a grant in the amount of $2,500 from the Wal-Mart Community Giving Program. The RHS Literary Magazine program creates an annual magazine, and this donation will go towards the printing cost for the 2017-2018 school year, allowing RHS students to showcase their original artwork, photography and creative writing in a high-quality, prestigious pu...

Community people: Arnold Bowden, Jason Ulsperger, Rhonda Horton and Jan TownsendTHE COURIER / Submitted Jason Ulsperger, Rhonda Horton and Jan Townsend recently presented information about the River Valley Purple Angel Advocate Project to the Russellville Kiwanis Club. With the Purple Angel Advocates is Kiwanis Club member Arnold Bowden. The Purple Angel Project is focused on making the River Valley a dementia friendly community through education and training for businesses in Russellville and the surrounding areas. For m...

Community people: Coralene Hogg, Sharon Loyd and Caroline HargusTHE COURIER / Submitted Coralene Hogg (left) along with Sharon Loyd and Caroline Hargus spoke to Russellville Lions Club about Bosom Buddies, an unconventional alternative prostheses for women who have undergone a mastectomy. Unlike traditional prostheses, these are knitted from light weight, easy to launder yarn and are custom made to fit individual women. Bosom Buddies is the work of six women who meet Tuesday nights at Knit 2 Together in Ru...

Reprinted from a 1972 edition of the Courier-DemocratReprinted from a 1972 edition of the Courier-Democrat. Signing an autograph for Lance Talkington of Russellville is University of Arkansas football place kicker Bill McClard. An apparent victory assuring field goal by McClard was nullified by a holding call against the Razorback in the 1971 Liberty Bowl game with Tennessee at Memphis. A note to Talkington's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Talkington, from the Memphis sports writer sending the phot...

Community people: Canton DavisFamily, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members from across the country recently gathered in Nashville, Tenn., for the 2017 National Leadership Conference. Canton Davis from Pottsville High School was among the members who took part in STAR Event competitions at the conference. Davis competed in the Teach and Train event, an exploration of the education and training fields. Her project and portfolio focused on her internship ex...

ANO Unit 2 returns to serviceArkansas Nuclear One's Unit 2 was reconnected to the electrical grid recently after a refueling outage that positioned the plant for safe, reliable operations and injected hundreds of contract workers into the local economy. Operators successfully marked the end of the unit's 25th refueling and maintenance outage. An ANO spokesperson said Unit 2 shuts down every 18 months to refuel the reactor and perform maintenance and modification work that...

Russ Bus provides double micro cabinsLast Saturday morning was a busy scene outside The Journey. Volunteers from the Russ Bus, The Journey, Connect Church and Lowe's home improvement store built not just micro cabins, but double micro cabins. Fred Teague, founding director and president of the Russ Bus, said Wednesday that Lowe's approached him and explained they give back to the community. "We thought about building double micro cabins so two people could sleep in them," Teague ...

Community people: Brad BakerTHE COURIER / Submitted Brad Baker from Mid-South Lions recently spoke to the the Russellville Lions Club. His speech was about the donations the Lions have given to Hamilton Eye Institute in Memphis, Tenn., that has provided over 35,000 free surgeries and treatments to people from Arkansas and surrounding states.

All counties under heat advisoriesLITTLE ROCK -- All Arkansas counties are now under heat advisories as hot and humid conditions stay put in the state. The National Weather Service said high temperatures will reach the upper 90s in some areas Thursday with heat index values of about 105 degrees. The heat advisories are in effect Thursday and Friday. Forecasters said an upper-level ridge of high pressure will weaken this weekend, and some areas could see showers and thunderstor...

Community people: Members of the Russellville VFW-Rogers-Rye PostTHE COURIER / Submitted VFW Rogers-Rye Post 2283 recently presented Emma Gregory with a $500 scholarship as part of the local VFW Auxiliary's Patriotic Art Contest. "Soldier's Love," Gregory's award-winning piece, won the state VFW competition and has qualified for the national competition, where Gregory has the chance to win $10,000 in scholarship money.

Community people: Matt Stephen and Lyle ManningTHE COURIER / Submitted Kiwanis Club President Matt Stephen recently presented a check for $7,500 to the L.V. Williamson Boy's and Girl's Club Executive Director Lyle Manning. The Kiwanis Club sponsors a hamburger cookout for the Boy's and Girl's club each summer.